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Posted in Dental Health News by Dion Kramer on November 29, 2007

This is an article published recently on the ABC News Online.

Almost half the population hasn’t been to the dentist for more than two years. So it’s not such a surprise that there are between 30 and 50 thousand preventable hospitalisations for dental infection per year.

Dental groups have been lobbying solidly for reforms to cut waiting lists for public dentistry and to address the affordability of dental care and the shortage of dentists in regional areas. Not to mention a severe shortage of dental academics to train new dentists.

Both the government and opposition have made policy promises on dental care but the Association for the Promotion of Oral Health says they range from ‘stupid to disappointing.’

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